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Clyde C. Anderson I had so much fun digging into Clara Cole’s story and the “Class Prophecies” in Vancouver High School’s 1916 yearbook that I decided to explore another student from the same graduating...

When most people think about history, they think of distant battles, landmark legislation, or names of great men enshrined in textbooks. It’s easy to think that history happens somewhere else—to presidents,...

High school yearbooks don’t always get much attention from historians, but maybe they should. They’re more than records of awkward portraits, questionable haircuts, and fashion choices. Yearbooks...

In the spring of 1973, something remarkable happened in Vancouver, Washington. Hundreds of teachers in the Evergreen School District walked off the job, defied a court order, and marched themselves into...